Water-closet



(No Model.)

' D. D. BUICK. WATER CLOSET.

Patentd Apr. 28, 1896;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID I). BUICK, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

WATER-CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,932, dated April 28, 1896.

Application filed July 8, 1895. Serial No. 555,258. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID D. BUICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Closets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates more particularly to that class of closets in which the flushingvalve is automatically operated by the seat.

It is the object of my invention to simplify the construction of the connecting mechanism and render it less liable to'become inoperative; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of my closet. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the tank. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the valve-operat ing mechanism. Figs. at and 5 are details more specifically referred to by letters of reference.

A is the tank, Bis the flushing-pipe, and C is the bowl, all of usual construction.

D is a seat hinged either to the bowl or, as shown in the drawings, to the brackets E, secured to the wall. F is a hinged cover. G is an arm secured to the seat and extending rearwardly therefrom. I preferably form this arm G as an integral part of the bracket II, comprising the securing plate H and the hinge-lugs I and I, this bracket being screwed or otherwise secured to the under side of the seat. I also preferably provide the arm G with the extension-arm J, adj ustably secured thereto by the set-screw K and terminating in the cupped end J.

L is a counterweight-rod resting upon the extremity of the arm J extending upward to the tankA and preferably passing through a tube M in the tank.

N is a suitable guide-bearing for the lower end of the rod.

0 is a lug or collar 011 the upper end of the rod, and P is an elastic washer below said collar.

Q is a valve controlling the fiush-pipe,which may be of any suitable construction adapted to be tripped by the fall of the rod L.

the upper end of the rod resting on the elas tic washer P upon the tube M.

WVhenever the seat is depressed, the rod is elevated, the collar 0 lifting the latch T on the end of the trip-lever R and passing above the same. Upon releasing the seat the rod will fall, the collar 0 striking the end of the lever and tripping the valve.

The extension-arm J may be adjusted to give more or less leverage upon the seat, and to provide for adjusting the position of the bowl without changing the leverage I preferably secure to the lower end of the rod L the adjustable foot II. This foot (shown in Figs. 4 and 5) comprises the laterally-extending arm V, having the c1amping-sleeve V, and the vertical rod WV, having the clampingsleeve W, by means of which any necessary adjustment may be made.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a water-closet, the combination. with the hinged seat of an arm secured thereto and extending to the rear of the hinge, a vertically-movable counterweight extending upward to the flushing-tank, a foot vertically and horizontally adjustably secured to said rod and resting upon the extremity of said arm, and a trip connection between the upper end of said rod and the flushing-valve adapted to be operated by the fall of the rod.

2. In awater-closet the seat provided with the hinge-bracket l-I comprising the securingplate H, the lugs I and I, the rearwardly-extending arm G and adjustable extension J, in combination with the stationary member of the hinge, the counterweight-rod L resting upon the extremityof the arm J and extends ing upward to the flushing-tank, and a trip connection between the upper end of said rod and the flushing-valve, adapted to be operp the hinged seat, an arm secured thereto extending to the rear of the hinge and a counterweight-rod resting upon the extremity of said arm and extending upward to the flushing-tank, of the tube M through which said rod passes, the collar 0 at the upper end of said rod, the trip-lever R provided with the latch T, the valve Q and link S, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a water-closet, the combination with a tank and a flushing-Valve, of a lever for actuating said valve, a seat, a rod connectodto and actuated by the seat, and a shoulder on the upper end of the rod normally out of engagement with the lever and arranged to actuate the lever upon the downward move- 15 ment of the rod, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID D. BUICK. \Vitnesses:

JAMES WHITTEMORE, O. F. BARTHEL. 

